Lemlémet ya’ t’elt’álew

Lemlémet ya’ t’elt’álew means ‘cross your arms’‘. You can use this as a command, and optionally you can also add –chexw (talking to one person) or –chap (talking to two or more people) onto to the verb (lemlémet).

Pronunciation and Vocabulary

Audio: Elizabeth Phillips

Vocabulary:

• Lemlémet sounds like limm-LIMM-itt. Literally it means ‘fold‘. (For folding one thing you would just say lémet, but the Elder doubles it here as away to mark that you are folding more than one thing in the action.)
• Ya’ means your, for plurals. (For singular terms you would usually say ta’.)
• T’elt’álew means arms, see here for pronunciation and more information on this word.